Appearance and Beauty Practices

Library Documents

This speech was given by Sheila Jeffreys at the Andrea Dworkin Commemorative Conference, April 7, 2006. This original transcript was prepared by another radical feminist (blog now defunct). Hello everybody, it’s terrific to be here,[...]

by Amy Winter In off our backs, November-December 2004 It’s no secret that mainstream media are obsessed with women’s looks. For years we’ve been bombarded with advertising for all kinds of products, from skin cream[...]

By Vivian F. Mayer From Shadow On a Tightrope: Writings by Women on Fat Oppression (eds Schoenfelder, Weiser; Spinsters/Aunt Lute, 1983) If you have any doubts, a random handful of women’s magazines from any grocery[...]